That's just the side you take in this openness/simplicity tradeoff and not a good reason for saying smartphones should be locked down in general. There are goin

That's just the side you take in this openness/simplicity tradeoff and not a good reason for saying smartphones should be locked down in general. There are going to be people who want more open phones or more locked down desktops. Users should have the choice not only with their computers, but also with their phones. That Apple and Google have taken that from the user is unfortunate and I think there's not much of a case to be made against that. All you've been saying so far boils down to: you don't want an open phone, and because Apple and Google have coincidentally made the same choice for their customers this kind of paternalism is fine by you. Kind of a short sighted position, no?